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Table No. 4 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE, 1942-43 Statement of Sources of Expenditure

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Expenditure from Vote or Account. Funds in Consolidated 0ther Hand, 1st New Loans. 0^°™, acea Revenue Total. April, 1942. J! una. Receipts. Public Works Account— £ £ £ £ £ Departmental .. .. .. .. Or. 100 .. 20,000 .. 19,900 Railway Construction .. .. 233,829 .. .. •• 233,829 Public Buildings .. .. .. 454,232 .. 10,000 .. 464,232 Education Buildings .. .. .. 204,713 .. .. .. 204,713 Lighthouses and Harbour Works .. .. 6,824 .. .. .. 6,824 Roads, &c 127,961 .. .. .. 127,961 Lands Miscellaneous .. .. 17,595 .. .. ■■ 17,595 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. 81,996 .. .. .. 81,996 Linen-flax Development .. .. 521,569 .. .. .. 521,569 1,648,619 .. 30,000 .. 1,678,619 Electric Supply Account .. .. •• 124,108 1,186,000 .. 705,173 2,015,281 Land for Settlements Account .. .. 211,017 .. 193,500 808,090 1,212,607 Main Highways Account .. .. .. 95,743 270,000 .. 1,571,367 1,937,110 State Coal-mines Account .. .. .. .. 225,000 .. .. 225,000 State Forests Account .. .. .. 59,280 110,000 .. 316,380 485,660 Working Railways Account.. .. .. 354 .. .. 35,960 36,314 2,139,121 1,791,000 223,500 3,436,970 7,590,591 Housing Account .. .. .. .. 64,217 1,100,000 .. 378,732 1,542,949 Iron and Steel Industry Account .. .. 110 2,000 .. .. 2,110 Poet Office Account .. .. .. •• 132,000 .. .. 132,000 Grand Totals .. .. .. 2,203,448 3,025,000 223,500 3,815,702 9,267,650 Note. —Owing to the overlapping of construction —i.e., development —and maintenance expenditure under headings such as electric supply, land for settlements, and main highways, it is impracticable to make a clear distinction. The development expenditure is approximately indicated, however, by the first two money columns, totalling £5,228,448 for the year.